Hey, Remember When Walls Were Bad?

By William Teach June 9, 2020 – 7:30 pm

See, walls are only good when they are for protection of Other People (a reminder of the meaning of that), not the Modern Socialist elite

https://twitter.com/PauV60752292/status/1270463035665256453

Yeah, Wheeler said just last year in January “Let’s build bridges, not walls. Work together, not against each other.”

His white female police chief of 6 months resigned to give the chance to a black Lieutenant, a Category 5 Virtue Signal.

And then there’s this from uber-Leftist Seattle, which also hates walls, and is a sanctuary city just like Portland

Read More »

Read: Hey, Remember When Walls Were Bad? »

Posted in Democrats, Illegal Immigration, Unhinged Tools | 3 Comments | Trackback URL

DNC Climate Committee Looks To Spend $10-$16 Trillion On Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach June 9, 2020 – 4:19 pm

If Joe Biden thought his little climate bedwetting plan was going to excite Warmist, well, nope. Hard left Modern Socialists always want more. Not from themselves, mind you, always from That Guy

This DNC council sees Biden’s climate plan, and raises him — by $14 trillion

Bernie may be out of the primaries, but his $16 trillion climate plan lives on.

Last week, a Democratic National Committee (DNC) council proposed that the federal government spend a whopping $10 to 16 trillion addressing the climate crisis over the next 10 years. The group — officially called the DNC Council on the Environment and the Climate Crisis — is chaired by Michelle Deatrick, who was a surrogate for the Sanders campaign during the Democratic primaries.

Just $10-16 trillion, no biggie. Taxes surely won’t go up, right? The cost of living certainly won’t go up, right? You liberty and choice won’t be limited, right? Here’s an idea: if Democrats believe so heavily in the climate crisis, why don’t they spend their own money? Surely, between all the big companies that support them, all the rich folks like those in tech and Hollywood, all the sports figures who make tens of millions a year and can do without another mansion, all the media folks and companies, all the little folks, they can raise the money, right?

Altogether, the proposal more closely resembles Sanders’ climate plan in policies and scope than Biden’s, which only calls for a piddling $1.7 trillion in climate spending over the next decade.

Biden’s proposal has fallen flat with some progressive voters and environmental groups, many of whom supported Sanders during the primary and who have so far refused to throw their weight behind the Biden campaign without significant policy concessions. “We’ve tried to be super clear about the way that we need them to improve on not only their climate policy but their immigration, criminal justice, and financial regulation policies,” Sunrise Movement co-founder and executive director Varshini Prakash told Vice News in April.

The watermelon colored alligator will always demand more. You cannot satisfying it.

Say, why won’t Democrats give up their own use of fossil fuels? They could make a big statement by banning the use of fossil fueled vehicles to bring people to this years DNC convention, no fossil fueled airplanes, all goods must not use fossil fuels to bring them in.

That plan essentially is calling for the federal government to control 50% of all US lands and oceans by 2050 (page 1). What could possibly go wrong?

Commit to ambitious short- and long-term emissions and renewable energy targets: near-zero emissions by 2040; 100% clean renewable energy by 2030 in electricity generation, buildings, and transportation; and 100% zero-carbon new building infrastructure by 2025.

That’s just a pipe dream. They couldn’t run CNN or MSNBC on this. Hollywood would be toast. How would elected Democrats take publicly funded junkets?

End the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 through reinstatement and acceleration of stringent fuel economy standards and national vehicle emissions standards, and regulate non-road vehicles, small equipment, and engines at levels consistent with national emissions goals.

That’s great for those who can afford $36,000 for a base model that goes not far. You know, like the rich folks in the DNC who make money off the backs of knowing what policies will be passed by government.

Invest in Green Agriculture and Food

A government takeover of the food and agriculture industries.

Invest in our chronically underfunded public health system, ensure a resilient hospital system, ramp up funding for public health agencies and mental health agencies, and ensure universal access to affordable health care.

Using ‘climate change’ to implement Single Payer.

Stop construction, rescind environmental waivers, and tear down the offensive, racist southern border wall, which is injurious to humans and wildlife.

How about Democrats tear down the racist walls for their homes first? See how they like it? There is a lot more loony with this plan, these are just a few things I’ve yanked.

Read: DNC Climate Committee Looks To Spend $10-$16 Trillion On Climate Crisis (scam) »

Posted in AGW Socialism, Climahypocrites, Democrats, Global Warming | 2 Comments | Trackback URL

If All You See…

By William Teach June 9, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is an area flooded by carbon pollution which can be solved with a carbon tax, you might just be a Warmist

IAYS

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on George Floyd and liberal self debasement.

Read: If All You See… »

Posted in If All You See | 2 Comments | Trackback URL

WHO Says Those With Asymptomatic Coronavirus Rarely Spread Disease

By William Teach June 9, 2020 – 10:30 am

Wait, what?

W.H.O.: Asymptomatic Coronavirus Spread Is ‘Very Rare’

Coronavirus patients without symptoms, or asymptomatic patients, are not the ones spreading the virus, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced Monday.

The organization’s announcement comes at a time where some researchers shared concerns that the disease could be difficult to contain due to asymptomatic infectious people, CNBC reported.

Some people who are young and otherwise healthy who catch the coronavirus never develop symptoms or only develop mild symptoms. Other people might not develop symptoms until several days after they catch the infection.

Preliminary evidence showed that coronavirus could be spread from person-to-person contact, even if the carrier was asymptomatic, but now the W.H.O. is saying the coronavirus is not mainly spread through these asymptomatic people.

“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of W.H.O.’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing from the United Nations agency’s Geneva headquarters. “It’s very rare.”

People being asymptomatic was a huge reason for social distancing and #StayAtHome, for the lockdowns that occurred, for destroying economies world wide. For limiting people’s ability to go anywhere, for arresting them for daring to be out on the ocean on a paddleboard with no one else nearby, for saying they couldn’t even garden in their own yards. Now we find this out?

Of course, with all that said, when this all started we just didn’t know, and governments were just slapping policies in place based on the best guesses of doctors and scientists, especially since people were scared and unsure. Things kept escalating, we all have to remember what February and March felt like.

But, wait, what’s this?

Nearly Half of Coronavirus Spread May Be Traced to People Without Any Symptoms

One of the more insidious features of the new coronavirus behind COVID-19 is its ability to settle into unsuspecting hosts who never show signs of being sick but are able to spread the virus to others.

In a study published June 3 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at the Scripps Research Translational Institute reviewed data from 16 different groups of COVID-19 patients from around the world to get a better idea of how many cases of coronavirus can likely be traced to people who spread the virus without ever knowing they were infected. Their conclusion: at minimum, 30%, and more likely 40% to 45%.

This was published just a few days before the WHO announcement. So, which is it?

Read: WHO Says Those With Asymptomatic Coronavirus Rarely Spread Disease »

Posted in Bat Soup Virus | 1 Comment | Trackback URL

Bat Soup Virus Shows We Need A Modern Socialist Economy For Well-being Or Something

By William Teach June 9, 2020 – 8:13 am

Nope, the Cult of Climastrology won’t give up on their push to make Coronavirus all about ‘climate change’ fixes, forgetting that things are already starting to recover and Warmists do not practice what they preach

Coronavirus shows why we need an economy designed for wellbeing

We have been starkly reminded of the importance of our health – both physical and mental. During lockdown, we have missed giving and receiving affection with friends and family who don’t live with us. We worry about the gap in our childrens’ schooling.

We might miss going to work, feeling like we have a purpose, and having the time or space to do the things we enjoy. We dislike our freedoms being constrained and feeling unable to influence the decision making of local and national governments.

Which is interesting, since these same Warmists were also part of the group telling people to STAY HOME OR YOU’LL KILL GRANDMA, effectively wanting the economy destroyed. They couldn’t have possibly have had an ulterior motive, right?

As we move forwards, we should consider maintaining some of these new approaches to satisfying our needs, and we will certainly want to change others. But crucially, we now know we have the capacity to change the way we satisfy our needs – so that every individual has a decent standard of living, and we live safely within the environmental limits of our planet.

Just say it already, you want a hardcore leftist government run economic system. Stop beating around the bush.

Before the pandemic we had become too focused on the means by which we satisfy our needs, rather than on our needs themselves. At a personal level, we focused on increasing our income and wealth, whilst ignoring some of our core needs by working too much so we could consume things that don’t make us happy. At a societal level, we focused on increasing GDP, without realising that it is not possible to separate increased economic activity from increased environmental pressures.

Of course, stark reductions in income make the situation all the more dire. But it is not the lack of money in itself that is a problem, it is the fact that a lack of money can prevent us from satisfying our needs in our current economy. Lack of money can prevent us from buying food, paying rent or utilities, socialising with friends – the things we need to live well. (snip)

If we want to build back better after the pandemic, to tackle the climate crisis alongside inequality and deprivation, it is clear that we must not go back to relying on our past methods of satisfying needs. They were leading us to stark social and environmental issues, with not enough progress being made in terms of emissions reductions or poverty reduction, for example.

They just can’t help themselves. It is also interesting they Warmists always want to tell Other People how to lead their lives, and are willing to get Government to force those lifestyle changes.

A majority of people want us to prioritise wellbeing over GDP, according to a recent YouGov poll. The time is ripe for decision-makers to start involving their citizens more meaningfully and start listening. A focus on wellbeing will ensure we do not lose sight of what is truly important, while finding out the best ways to get there, together.

That poll is for the U.K. Perhaps they should give it a whirl, serving as the experimental group to show us that this doesn’t work. Did we all enjoy the test drive of a climate cultist enacted policy world?

Read: Bat Soup Virus Shows We Need A Modern Socialist Economy For Well-being Or Something »

Posted in AGW Socialism, Global Warming | 7 Comments | Trackback URL

Durham, NC Joins The “Defund” Bandwagon

By William Teach June 9, 2020 – 7:56 am

For those who live in North Carolina, and especially the Triangle area, Durham is considered to be one of the most criminal cities, if not the most criminal, in NC. Shootings, burglaries, assaults, property crimes. There are sections of Durham where you just do not go, even in the daytime. Many stores have bullet proof plexiglass where the money is taken. So, yeah, let’s defund the police

Defunding police part of discussion for Durham, as council votes on new budget

In cities across the country, some protesters calling for change are demanding that funding be cut to police departments. The idea of “defunding police departments” is gaining momentum as cities and counties look for the way forward after the death of George Floyd.

Gaining traction in Democrat run cities by uber-leftists. One has to wonder what the average Democrat thinks of this, wondering just who in the hell comes when they have been robbed, their car has been stolen, they’ve been raped, a family member has been murdered. They’re surely wondering who will stop crime, arrest criminals, and work to reduce crime. Oh, and they’re surely wondering if they will be able to sell their homes and get the hell out of dodge beforehand.

As concerned citizens question what “defunding the police” could look like locally, North Carolina municipal y leaders are getting ready to vote on new budgets.

First of all, leaders explain, any change would be gradual. Nothing would happen overnight.

Who would replace police?

The group Durham Beyond Policing explained that cities could form Crisis Intervention Teams. But primarily, their focus is on redirecting money to tackle the root causes of crime. The group believes rather than giving more money to police, cities should prioritize things like community centers, youth organizations and food security.

So, what, Government is going to run youth groups, indoctrinating them? Running supermarkets? Has any reporter asked a rather important question of these defund nutters, namely “government has already spent enormous amounts on education and projects to “tackle the root causes of crime”: how is removing the police going to help? What specific projects would tackle those root causes?”

One member of the group, Danielle Purifoy, said, “The institutions that we have right now, if they were invested in the ways that we invest in the police, would do a much better job of keeping us safe than the police do now.”

The thing is, these types of folks are typically long on talking points and short on actual plans.

Jillian Johnson, who serves as mayor pro tempore and on Durham City Council, said, “Some cities have Crisis Response Teams that are unarmed.”

In all fairness, things like that are not bad ideas. We don’t always need to send armed law enforcement officers for every call. The LA Times editorial board actually has some good ideas along these lines, and are also not down with the whole defund thing. Let’s say it’s just reducing the police budget heavily: can you guess who gets hurt the most? Law enforcement will spend more of their limited money, time, and resources in the middle and upper class neighborhoods, both residential and business. The poor sections will get a driveby patrol now and then. It’ll basically be mid-90’s Detroit.

Good point. All those mayors and city council members, nutters like Ilhan Omar and AOC, and others calling for defunding the police should have their own security pulled. Further, let’s ban the use of private security in those same cities.

Read: Durham, NC Joins The “Defund” Bandwagon »

Posted in Current Affairs, Democrats | 4 Comments | Trackback URL

Say, Why Is There All This Systemic Racism In Democratic Party Run Areas?

By William Teach June 8, 2020 – 3:00 pm

George Korda of the Knoxville News Sentinel asks some very inconvenient questions as published in the USA Today, all three of which are surely going to be assaulted by the SJW forces

Democrats have run Minneapolis for generations. Why is there still systemic racism?

My home town newspaper published a front-page photo on Wednesday with a caption about protests against “systemic police brutality against people of color.”

Systemic racism is being discussed a great deal in the wake of George Floyd’s death under the knee of now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. (snip)

On social media the other day, in discussions of George Floyd’s death, I saw an increasing number of references from Democrats and Democratic friends about the problem of systemic racism. I wrote the following post, citing only a few municipal examples:

“Below are pertinent questions, given the way the Democratic Party defines itself as being the party of tolerance and inclusion, and many Democrats’ characterizations of Republicans or conservatives as racists or racially insensitive.

“Minneapolis, Minn. has been under Democratic control since 1978. Chicago has been under Democratic control for 89 years; its present mayor is a black woman. Philadelphia has had Democratic mayors for 68 years; three of its last five mayors have been black men. Six of the last seven Atlanta, Ga., mayoral administrations were led by black Democratic mayors, and the present mayor is a black woman.

“A city runs its police department and other services; therefore, if there is so much ‘systemic racism’ in these organizations, why hasn’t it been corrected over so many years under Democratic leaders?

“Why aren’t these cities garden spots of racial tolerance, understanding, and virtue?”

There have been no answers.

Nor will there be answers. This is very inconvenient for Democrats. Perhaps blacks should be asking “what has the Democratic Party really done for me?”

When people talk about the need to deal with systemic racism, if they’re not willing to talk about the systems run — often for generations by the political party or politicians they support — they aren’t interested in an open and honest conversation; instead, they want only to use the issue as a club against people who aren’t them.

Make sure to read it in full. And ask the question “why do black people have it so bad in areas run by Democrats?”

Read: Say, Why Is There All This Systemic Racism In Democratic Party Run Areas? »

Posted in Current Affairs, Democrats | 2 Comments | Trackback URL

If All You See…

By William Teach June 8, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert due to carbon pollution and systemic racism, you might just be a Warmist

IAYS

The blog of the day is Maggie’s Farm, with a post on the New York Virus.

Read: If All You See… »

Posted in If All You See | 32 Comments | Trackback URL

NC Racetrack Labels Race As Peaceful Protest

By William Teach June 8, 2020 – 10:30 am

I wish my gym would do something like this

From the incredibly leftist Durham Herald Sun, which doesn’t seem happy

Racing took place on Saturday night at Ace Speedway in Alamance County, with at least a couple of thousand fans in attendance.

On Friday, Sheriff Terry Johnson said his officers would be there to enforce Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order that limits outdoor gatherings to 25 people as part of the state’s efforts to combat the coronavirus. Johnson made it clear he did not agree with the order.

It does not look like that happened, though, as a reporter from a Gannett newspaper who was on the scene said there were at least 2,000 people in the stands. (snip)

“This sign is outside of Ace Speedway tonight,” Ferguson tweeted on Saturday from the track. “Governor Roy Cooper urged Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson to enforce his executive order in phase 2, which said no more than 25 people can gather. Ace Speedway said tonight’s race is a peaceful protest.”

Saturday marked the speedway’s third racing night of the season, and second since drawing a rebuke from Cooper.

This is the same Governor Cooper who marched with protesters last Monday, not following social distancing protocols, and said nary a word about hundreds and hundreds gathered together to protest. The gov wants it both ways.

Read: NC Racetrack Labels Race As Peaceful Protest »

Posted in Bat Soup Virus, NC News | 1 Comment | Trackback URL

Racism Is Killing The Planet With ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach June 8, 2020 – 7:06 am

See, there are still a few articles about Hotcoldwetdry which bring in Coronavirus, particularly when discussing economic recovery, but, the climate cultists are mostly now moving on from Bat Soup Virus and attempting to hijack Black Lives Matter

Racism Is Killing the Planet

Last week, my family and I attended an interfaith rally in Los Angeles in defense of Black life. We performed a group ritual in which we made noise for nine minutes to mark the last moments of George Floyd’s life. My wife, my oldest daughter, and I played African drums to mark those nine minutes with the rhythm of a beating heart. Da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, over and over again.

While we drummed, I realized how difficult it is to keep up any physical activity for nine minutes straight. Most of us can’t even sit completely still on our butts for nine minutes; if you’ve ever meditated, you understand why they refer to sitting as practice.

As I struggled to maintain my posture and keep up the rhythm, I thought about the level of commitment it takes to hold someone down for nine minutes straight. The realization horrified me. The cop who has been charged with murdering George Floyd had to have been deeply committed to taking his life. The police officer had so many chances to let up the pressure, to let George live. Yet the officer made the choice not to.

To spend nine minutes taking the life-breath from another person: That is what white supremacy does to white people. That is what white supremacy does to the rest of us too. White supremacy robs each of us of our humanity. It causes white people to view Black people as less than human. Every one of those cops watching George die was convinced that the man pinned to the ground was less than human, was in some way disposable.

Here’s one question: how do we know Chauvin is a white supremacist, and not just a murderous asshole? Another question would be “why do things like this mostly happen in areas run by Democrats?” And yet another would be “what is your plan to deal with this other than drumming for 9 minutes?” Oh, and, how about “why is the Sierra Club so overwhelmingly white in their employment and the people who support them? Hop Hopkins, who writes this article, is one of the very, very few black voices working for the Sierra Club

An idea—a long-overdue realization—is growing in the environmental movement. It goes something like this: “We’ll never stop climate change without ending white supremacy.” This argument has entered the outdoor recreation and conservation space thanks to the leadership of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in the climate justice movement. The idea has taken on new force as folks in the mainstream environmental movement do our best to show up for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and all the Black people still living and subject to police violence.

I know that a lot of people are struggling with the thought that addressing the environmental crises must involve dismantling white supremacy. At Sierra Club meetings, some people hear me say something like that and think, “Damn, fighting climate change wasn’t hard enough already? Now we have to end racism and white supremacy too? Seriously, man?” (snip)

Here’s why: You can’t have climate change without sacrifice zones, and you can’t have sacrifice zones without disposable people, and you can’t have disposable people without racism.(snip)

In order to treat places and resources as disposable, the people who live there have to get treated like rubbish too. Sacrifice zones imply sacrificed people. Just think of Cancer Alley in Louisiana. Most of the towns there are majority Black, and nowadays they call it Death Alley, because so many Black folks have died from the poison that drives our extractive economy. Or think of the situation in the Navajo Nation, where uranium mines poisoned the wells and the groundwater and coal plants for decades poisoned the air. Or consider the South Side of Chicago, where I used to live, which for years was a dumping ground of petroleum coke (a fossil fuel byproduct) and where residents are still struggling against pollution-related diseases. I’ve lived in a lot of places, and just about every place I’ve ever lived has been targeted by big polluters as a dumping ground.

You know what the weird thing is? The vast majority of these “disposable zones” are in areas run by the Democratic Party. It’s almost like the party of the KKK and Jim Crow, who was a lot against the Civil Rights Act, has switched to patronizing blacks with free money and crappy affordable housing (paid by government) and all sorts of stuff to get their vote but really think of them as disposable, and it’s easier to control black people if you keep lots in areas that are “disposable”.

If all of this seems too neat a narrative, I’d ask if you remember Hurricane Katrina. In the aftermath of the storm, Black people who were just out looking for essential supplies were described by the news media as “looting” a grocery store. White people who were doing the same thing were described as “finding” bread and water. I’d ask if you remember Eric Garner and Dylan Roof. Eric Garner was choked to death by police for selling “loosies,” or single cigarettes. Dylan Roof murdered nine Black people during a Bible study group at their church; after being arrested, the police bought him a meal at a Burger King on the way to the police station.

Can someone explain to Hop which political party most of the media votes for and covers for and uses their talking points?

All I know is that if climate change and environmental injustice are the result of a society that values some lives and not others, then none of us are safe from pollution until all of us are safe from pollution. Dirty air doesn’t stop at the county line, and carbon pollution doesn’t respect national borders. As long as we keep letting the polluters sacrifice Black and brown communities, we can’t protect our shared global climate.

It’s a very long screed, long on whines, short on offering any solutions. But, I’ll give it an A for effort for attempting to hijack the George Floyd movement, which will cause lots of people to tune out to the notion that there really does need to be some reform in law enforcement, from the FBI to state, county, and local police.

Read: Racism Is Killing The Planet With ‘Climate Change’ Or Something »

Posted in AGW Idiocy, Global Warming | 1 Comment | Trackback URL
Pirate's Cove